About Celeste

Celeste Longacre is an accomplished gardener who has been growing most of her family’s vegetables for over 35 years. Celeste preserves the garden’s bounty by canning, freezing, drying, and fermenting it as well as storing her produce in a root cellar. She and her husband, Bob, live sustainably in a handmade octagonal home. During the cold winter months, their heat is provided by the firewood that Bob cuts. Much of their electricity is generated with an array of solar panels.

Celeste has also been the astrologer for “The Old Farmer’s Almanac” for the past twenty years.
(Author Photo: Sasha Salzberg)